The link has been removed as part of a European Court of Justice ruling which forces the search engine to take down links to "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant" information. Read the full list of affected stories here.

The article contains extracts from an email Erin sent to a colleague after his mistress, who worked as his secretary, fell pregnant after a month of dating.

Dr Erin urged her to have an abortion, saying they were not ready for a child. He bombarded her with text messages claiming she would “destroy” his life if she went ahead with the baby, and even threatened to kill himself.

Erin, who was married, had multiple affairs during his marriage, and claimed he only obtained abortion pills on his mistress' instructions and only then to show her she could not take them without medical monitoring. She claims he obtained them in secret and intended to give them to her to make her miscarry. She later gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

He was found guilty of two charges of attempting to spike her Starbucks coffee and orange juice, after she became suspicious and took the drinks to the police who detected traces of drugs and arrested Erin. He was jailed for six years in 2009.

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